AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
GUANACO AND CHULENGO
The principal large herbivores of Patagonia, guanacos are wild members of the camel family, similar to the ancestors of domesticated llamas and alpacas. A young guanuco is termed a chulego. I photographed these two in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, manoeuvring myself to a position where they would fill the frame with a 400mm lens and there was an attractive mountain backdrop, flecked with snow even in midsummer.
F/8, 1/640th second., ISO 125
Accepted: Bristol 2024
